Tight Noose

Parker didn't just find them. He didn't just scare them. He didn't just make their lives a little difficult. No—he was going to strip them of every possible escape, every safety net, every last damn ounce of control they thought they had. And the best part? They'd know exactly what was happening, and they wouldn't be able to stop it.

He already had their digital footprints locked down. The moment he sent that message, he knew their first instinct would be damage control. Panic. Delete logs. Wipe devices. Move their money. Maybe even ghost themselves with a whole new set of identities. Cute. Predictable. Not happening. Because before they even had time to open his message, he had already mirrored their entire system—server logs, emails, black-market transactions, encrypted backups, everything.

And he didn't just take a copy; he rewrote access privileges. The moment they tried deleting something, they'd realize something was very, very wrong.